Morning Star fishing report , San Rafael, 10-25

[Fishing Report]

October 20, 2011

I read in this morning’s Chronicle that tomorrow (Friday) is the end of the world.

Guess I never will prefect my typing skills…

Our first anchor trip of the season (Wednesday October 19) began with 20 knots of westerly howling through Carquinez Straits. That much wind combined with a puny one foot outgoing tide pretty much ruled out San Pablo Bay as a viable option, so we headed east to Suisun Bay armed with bullheads and grass shrimp. Rumors floating about suggest there are bass and sturgeon aplenty east of the last row of the Mothball fleet, but by the time we got to the Benicia bridge it was obvious the weather was not user friendly there either.

But the weather was calm and there were fish on the meter near the bridge, so we anchored up a couple hundred yards east of the Benicia bridge and cast out the bullheads. The action was immediate and constant through the last trickle of the incoming, and all through the aforementioned wimpy outgoing as well.

Towards the end of the day Tom Gee of Berkeley decided to give the grass shrimp a try. Three casts – three bass.

Which begs the question; Did we really need to spend a million dollars on bullheads, or could we have been sturgeon and bass fishing at the same time with the shrimp?

Hindsight in the fishing business is usually pretty good…

Bottom line; Twenty bass to twelve pounds for ten anglers. Good fishing, Gordon Hough

October 11, 2011

We have wrapped up our 2011 Potluck Season departing from the Loch Lomond Marina in San Rafael.

After brief stop at the shipyard, we’ll be returning to the Crockett Marina on Monday October 17th for sturgeon, bass and shark fishing. Hope to see you soon! Good fishing, Gordon Hough